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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the information collected through the Public Education |
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Information Management System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.006(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The commissioner's rules must ensure that the Public |
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Education Information Management System: |
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(1) links student performance data to other related |
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information for purposes of efficient and effective allocation of |
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scarce school resources, to the extent practicable using existing |
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agency resources and appropriations; |
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(2) contains a transcript for each student that |
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records: |
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(A) the courses taken by the student and the |
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student's grades; |
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(B) the identification number of the student's |
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teacher in each class or in each course in a major subject area, as |
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applicable; |
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(C) the student's scores on national assessment |
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instruments administered by the state or school district; |
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(D) any disciplinary warnings given and |
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disciplinary actions taken; and |
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(E) any participation by the student in a magnet |
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school program that has criteria for admission other than the order |
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in which students' applications for admission are received or an |
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admissions lottery; and |
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(3) contains a record of each teacher's training, |
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experience, and continuing education and professional development |
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activities, including: |
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(A) the type of each certification held by the |
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teacher; |
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(B) the name of the educator preparation program |
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the teacher attended, the teacher's major field of postsecondary |
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study, the courses completed by the teacher, and the number of |
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semester credit hours and the overall grade the teacher earned in |
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each of those courses; |
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(C) the number of years of teaching experience in |
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specified grade levels or courses, as applicable, and any |
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experience in an occupation other than teaching and the number of |
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years of such experience; and |
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(D) the teacher's continuing education and |
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professional development activities, including the number of |
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instructional hours, type of instruction, instructor's name, name |
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of the entity providing the instruction, and date completed. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2007, the |
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commissioner of education shall adopt rules requiring school |
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districts and educator preparation programs in this state, |
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including alternative teacher preparation programs, to provide |
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through the Public Education Information Management System the |
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applicable information required by Section 42.006(d), Education |
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Code, as amended by this Act. Rules adopted under Section |
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42.006(d)(2)(B), Education Code, as added by this Act, must require |
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a school district to provide information linking individual |
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students to individual teachers beginning with: |
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(1) the 2002-2003 school year, if the district's |
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information is currently available in electronic form; or |
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(2) the 2007-2008 school year, if the district's |
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information from previous school years is not currently available |
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in electronic form. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |